Synonym: anticipate, await, hope, look for, suppose, think. Antonym: despair. Similar words: expected, unexpected, expert, expense, expertise, experiment, experience, experienced. Meaning: [ɪk'spekt] v. 1. regard something as probable or likely 2. consider obligatory; request and expect 3. look forward to the probable occurrence of 4. consider reasonable or due 5. be pregnant with 6. look forward to the birth of a child.
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211. Whether they say it aloud or not, most men expect their wives to be faithful.
212. Pessimism is self-fulfilling - expect the worst and it happens.
213. It would be unreasonable to expect somebody to come at such short notice.
214. This election campaign has seen all the usual mud-slinging we have come to expect.
215. The US team is new to the soccer scene, and can't expect to beat the Brazils of the world.
216. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy : expect things to go wrong, and they probably will.
217. You can hardly expect such finer feelings in a thief.
218. They can expect an earful on what the slump is doing economically.
219. Upon qualification, you can expect to find work abroad fairly easily.
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220. Some firms expect the guards to work twelve hours a day.
221. I did not expect such unkind treatment at your hands.
222. Sales have now peaked and we expect them to decrease soon.
223. You expect a certain amount of criticism, but you have to rise above it.
224. If he said that, he didn't expect you to take it personally.
225. She's the last person I'd expect to meet in a disco .
226. When I told you to 'get lost' I didn't expect to be taken literally.
227. If they expect the match to be friendly, then they are in for a rude awakening.
228. If you expect to finish the work this morning you had better dig in and get started.
229. You can't expect promotion to be handed to you on a plate.
230. The shop expect to make a small profit this year.
231. We can't expect one to change the habits of a lifetime in a short time.
232. I expect she does love you in her own way.
233. Her latest film is the staple offering of action and comedy which we have come to expect.
234. When you pay that much for a meal you expect the best.
235. He said he would arrive today,(sentencedict.com) and I expect him at any moment.
236. I didn't really expect her to be at home. I just called on the off chance.
237. " Don't expect me to help you, " he added nastily.
238. We offer an excellent all-round education to our students. In return, we expect students to work hard.
239. You should expect to pay upwards of £40 for a hotel room.
240. She has lapsed from the high standard we have come to expect of her.
More similar words: expected, unexpected, expert, expense, expertise, experiment, experience, experienced, expedition, experimental, at the expense of, aspect, suspect, spectrum, prospect, inspector, spectacle, perspective, inspection, introspect, spectacular, respectively, with respect to, introspection, irrespective of, expand, export, expose, explore, explain.